2008–09 snooker season


The 2008–09 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 4 June 2008 and 10 May 2009. Four players missed the fourth ranking event of the season, the Bahrain Championship, and therefore lost ranking points; this was due to a clash with some Premier League matches whose date had already been approved by the game's governing body.

New professional players

Note: new means in these case, that these players were not on the 2007/2008 professional Main Tour.
;NGB nominations
;From PIOS Tour

Calendar

The following table outlines the results and dates for all the ranking and major invitational events.
WR = World ranking event
OS = [Pontin's] International Open Series
WS = World Series of Snooker event
NR = Non-ranking event
P/A = Pro–am event

Official rankings

The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.
No.Ch.PlayerPoints 2006/07Points 2007/08Total
1 Ronnie O'Sullivan207502970050450
2 Stephen Maguire195502597545525
3 Shaun Murphy213502370045050
4 Mark Selby182752005038325
5 John Higgins231001482537925
6 Stephen Hendry173751690034275
7 Ali Carter157501842534175
8 Ryan Day144501942533875
9 Peter Ebdon180001497532975
10 Neil Robertson205501240032950
11 Ding Junhui163251586932194
12 Joe Perry121751825030425
13 Graeme Dott18675846927144
14 Marco Fu89251807527000
15 Mark King123251367526000
16 Mark Allen106501507525725

World ranking points

Points distribution

2008/2009 Points distribution for world ranking events:
TournamentRound →L96L80L64L48L32L16QFSFFW
Unseeded loser4006509001150140019002500320040005000
Seeded loser200325450575700–––––
Shanghai MastersUnseeded loser4006509001150140019002500320040005000
Shanghai MastersSeeded loser200325450575700–––––
Grand PrixUnseeded loser50081311251438175023753125400050006250
Grand PrixSeeded loser250407563719875–––––
Bahrain ChampionshipUnseeded loser4006509001150140019002500320040005000
Bahrain ChampionshipSeeded loser200325450575700–––––
UK ChampionshipUnseeded loser60097513501725210028503750480060007500
UK ChampionshipSeeded loser3004886758631050–––––
Welsh OpenUnseeded loser4006509001150140019002500320040005000
Welsh OpenSeeded loser200325450575700–––––
China OpenUnseeded loser4006509001150140019002500320040005000
China OpenSeeded loser200325450575700–––––
Unseeded loser8001300180023002800380050006400800010000
Seeded loser40065090011501400–––––